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HCCC472/2011
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 472 OF 2011
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| Before: |
The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary |
| Date: |
13 August 2012 at 10.12 am |
| Present: |
Mr Peter Power, SADPP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR |
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Ms Athena Kung, instructed by Messrs C Yu & Co (assigned by DLA), for the Accused |
| Offence: |
(1) and (2) Trafficking in a dangerous drug (販運危險藥物) |
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Transcript of the Audio Recording
of the Sentence in the above Case
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COURT: Cheng Lai-mei, I have taken into account everything urged by counsel on your behalf. You stand convicted on your own pleas of guilty of two counts of trafficking in a dangerous drug.
The drugs involved in Count 1 are 1.02 kilogrammes of a powder containing 0.65 kilogramme of ketamine.
The drugs involved in Count 2 are 0.74 kilogramme of a powder containing 0.56 kilogramme of ketamine.
In my view, the appropriate starting point would be in the region of 12 years’ imprisonment for the drugs under Count 1, and 11½ years’ imprisonment under Count 2.
Having considered everything urged in mitigation on your behalf, including your pleas of guilty, I think that a discount reducing the sentence to one of 8 years under Count 1 and 7 years and 8 months under Count 2 to be appropriate.
In all the circumstances, and bearing in mind the total quantity of drugs involved and the principle of totality, I consider an overall sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment to be appropriate.
To achieve that overall sentence, I sentence you to 8 years’ imprisonment under Count 1, and 7 years and 8 months’ imprisonment under Count 2, and I order that 2 years out of the 7 years and 8 months’ imprisonment under Count 2 be served consecutively with the 8 years’ imprisonment under Count 1.
You will therefore go to prison for a total of 10 years.
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